In article >,
Cheryl > wrote:
>"Charlotte L. Blackmer" > wrote in message
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>> In article >, Cheri >
>> wrote:
>> "Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Tue, 05 Oct 2010 08:19:12 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Sliced as you describe the cauliflower will fall apart, and
>>>>cauliflower does not caramelize, over cooked it will burn.
>>>>
>>> Guess you have never tried it this way.
>>>>
>>> Cauliflower most certainly will caramelize...as I and many, many
>>> others will attest to... It doesn't become overcooked and burned,
>>> unless you let it go that far, but before that it certainly does
>>> caramelize. And yes, it will fall apart if you put it into very tiny
>>> florets. If it is sliced or in larger florets, it stays in those
>>> pieces.
>>
>> Yep.
>>
>> I like cutting largeish florets in pieces and I make sure the cut side is
>> down on the sheet for EXTRA delicious brown edges.
>>
>> I don't add sugar. I drizzle a little bit of olive oil, sea salt, and the
>> juice of one lemon before it goes into the oven.
>>
>> It will carbonize if you leave it in the oven too long.
>
>That's the term for burning? Sounds right to me. I've never carbonized
>roasted cauliflower. I also like it with slivers of garlic roasted along
>with it. I love the taste of roasted garlic when bitten into. As long as
>it isn't *carbonized*.

That is a fancy-dan way to describe burning, yes. I was playing off
"caramelize".

Charlotte
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